How U.S. Cuisine Has Evolved

In case you were wondering: The "K" in K-rations is an homage to Dr. Ancel Keys of the University of Minnesota, who headed the nutritional team that developed the grub for GIs in World War II; a depressing 80% of all the tea drunk in the U.S. is iced; the original succotash shared by 17th-century New England pilgrims and Indians featured neither sweet corn nor lima beans; the Baby Ruth candy bar pre-dated the...